Background
Launched in 2005, ProCap aims to enhance the humanitarian system’s protection response through the deployment of Senior Protection Advisers and the delivery of inter-agency protection capacity trainings. The strategic direction of the project is reviewed regularly to ensure that it responds to changing needs and gaps within the international humanitarian response. An external evaluation in 2007, a Strategic Review in 2009, and an external evaluation in 2011 all confirmed the continued relevance of the project.
Activities in 2017 will continue to be guided by the 2014-2016 ProCap Strategy, whilst a new four-year strategy will be developed, following recommendations from an Independent External Review currently underway. The strategy will focus on strengthening the Centrality of Protection through expertise support and advice as well as strategies that aim to place affected people at the centre of humanitarian responses.
Key policies and developments stemming from the World Humanitarian Summit will inform priorities and the direction of the Project.
ProCap Five Priority Areas
Protection advice to Resident/Humanitarian Coordinators (RC/HCs) as a means to support development and implementation of protection-sensitive humanitarian responses, and that protection partners are able to articulate the concerns of affected people to the highest levels.
Protection in natural disasters: Support to HCT to undertake protection-sensitive responses and preparedness measures in natural disasters contexts.
Support national policy development efforts on the protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and on identifying durable solutions to displacement as per the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Framework on Durable Solutions for IDPs.
Protection expertise for non-protection-mandated organizations to promote practical protection approaches for non-protection specialists.
Strategic support to inter-agency coordination mechanisms and working groupsincluding the Global Protection Cluster.
Governance, Management and Administration of the Project
The ProCap Project operates on a tri-partite governance and management structure:
1) The ProCap Steering Committee (SC), defines and oversees the project’s strategic direction through leadership, engagement and regular support. The SC also approves deployment requests and roster membership. SC members include representation from the following organisations: International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), Organisation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Observers include the GPC, World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
2) The OCHA-hosted Inter-Agency Standby Capacity Support Unit (SU) serves as the secretariat to the SC and is responsible for project management and implementation, including donor relations. The SU is funded through OCHA’s budget.
3) NRC is responsible for roster management, namely recruitment, employment, deployment and ongoing support, including staff welfare. Capacity building of roster members is undertaken in collaboration with OCHA. Roster members are deployed under a personnel support agreement with UN agencies, IOM and NRC.